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Coral Mortality and African Dust

Introduction:
Dust Hypothesis
Sampling Sites
Summary of Findings
Conclusions
Online Movie:
Mini-Documentary
Satellite Images
dust crossing the Atlantic
Photo Gallery
four decades of change
Significant Mortality Events:
History
Dust Record
Barbados
Diadema Die-off
Algal Infestation
Black Band Disease
Coral Bleaching
Print Products:
OFR 2003-028
Printable Poster
OFR 2001-246
Project Publications
References
Contacts

References

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  • Muhs, D. R., Bush, C.A., Stewart, K.G., 1990, Geochemical Evidence of Saharan Dust Parent Material for Soils Developed on Quarternary Limestones of Caribbean and Western Atlantic Islands. Quarternary Research, v. 33, p. 157-177.

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